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"Indeed, we enthusiastically buy their hardware and port our systems to it."

"Indeed, we enthusiastically buy their hardware and port our systems to it."

Posted Aug 29, 2012 13:48 UTC (Wed) by danieldk (guest, #27876)
In reply to: "Indeed, we enthusiastically buy their hardware and port our systems to it." by micka
Parent article: Look and feel lawsuits, the second time around

> Something like a kernel ?

And then look at the list of kernel contributors, and realize how many of them are employed by companies to which it is collectively worth billions of dollars, because it sells them hardware.

This model translates to a high-end CAD program how?


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"Indeed, we enthusiastically buy their hardware and port our systems to it."

Posted Aug 29, 2012 14:34 UTC (Wed) by micka (subscriber, #38720) [Link]

Then you forgot to exclude people employed by companies from the free software community.

"Indeed, we enthusiastically buy their hardware and port our systems to it."

Posted Aug 29, 2012 16:10 UTC (Wed) by andrel (subscriber, #5166) [Link]

Much like the kernel, a high-end CAD program is software that enables one to sell billions of dollars worth of hardware.

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